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The Read Ahead: Kid Lit News & Views — March 2016 Edition

The Read Ahead is a new series on Brightly that aims to explore current events, trends, and unique views in children’s and young adult literature.

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Baby & Toddler

Pre-K

5 Tips for Raising Children With Active Imaginations

Author and early childhood education expert Erika Christakis shares five tips to help you open the imagination of your young child.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Hard Goodbyes: Books to Help Children Grieve the Death of a Pet

For many kids, the death of a cherished animal is often their first experience of losing someone they love. These books sensitively address loss and offer hope for children in grief.

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Baby & Toddler

Pre-K

Growing Reader

5 Books That Teach Kids What It Means to Be a Kind Person

These five books (and one bonus pick) are great places to start raising children who are kind caretakers of the people around them.

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Tween

Advice from a Kid Author: How Grown-Ups Can Get Kids Writing

Jake Marcionette, bestselling kid author of the Just Jake series for middle-graders, shares his tips for grown-ups looking to inspire kids to write more.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Math Stories Your Child Will Actually Enjoy

Reading math-related stories is an easy way to work mathematics into your child’s daily life — without it feeling like a school assignment.

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Growing Reader

Tween

A Grandmother’s Gift: A Q&A with Sharon M. Draper

We chatted with Sharon M. Draper, author of Stella by Starlight, about her inspiration for the book, her writing challenges, loving family, and good food.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Tween

Sweet Books for Your Budding Chocolatier

If your child is a card-carrying chocoholic — the kind that prefers their s’mores without the superfluous graham crackers and marshmallows — here are a few sumptuously sweet books they’re sure to eat up.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

5 Books To Fill Up Your Child’s Heart

Author Courtney DeFeo shares five touching books that will remind kids that they are loved, supported, and capable of greatness.

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Teen

YA Romance Novels That Emphasize Self-Love and Self-Respect

These young adult novels address a singular truth about romance: You can never truly love — or be loved — until you learn to love yourself first.

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Teen

Love Is in the Air: 11 Teen Romance Books

These eleven teen romances are guaranteed to make you fall in love — at least for a few hours.

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Growing Reader

Tween

A Special Note to Readers of Stella by Starlight

Author Sharon Draper shares a special note to Brightly's Book Club for Kids readers about the inspiration behind Stella by Starlight.

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